Chapter 105: Bone Forging Pill! (1/2)
“You rascals, wait outside. Feel free to walk and play around, I would like to see if anyone in the Four Quarters Embassy dare to stop you all. I’ll leave a huge hole in anyone who dares to trample on my pride today!”
The old fellow spoke arrogantly.
“I’ll fetch you all back after I meet that decrepit geezer!”
“Yes, grandfather. We’re still waiting for you to show them your might!”
The Xu Clan offsprings fawned shamelessly on their grandfather with a bright smile.
“Bastard!”
From afar, Cousin Wang Li, Wang Zhu Yan, and Wang Liang stepped forward and glared furiously at the Xu Clan members.
These fellows were annual visitors to grandfather’s birthday banquet, and under the name of offering blessings, they came to wreck havoc.
No one could understand why grandfather would allow these unwelcomed fellows in each year.
“Heh, how can the Wang Clan treat their guests like that? Does the Wang Clan not educate its offsprings on the proper way of welcoming one’s guests?”
The offsprings of the old fellow lifted their head arrogantly.
“Hehe, little lad, if the one who said those words was your grandfather, I might still reconsider the matter on his account. You all are just brats, I advise you all to scram to the side obediently.”
Abusing his seniority, the old fellow chirped in.
“Old turtle, is this all you can do? To think that despite your age, all you can do is to bully the young folks like us!”
Wang Chong couldn’t hold himself back anymore.
Shua!
In an instant, everyone’s gazes immediately fell onto Wang Chong. Upon hearing the nickname ‘old turtle’, the old fellow’s face turned crimson as if he was injected with chicken blood.
The faces of the Xu Clan offsprings also darkened as they glared savagely at Wang Chong.
Wang Chong didn’t bother avoiding them either. Walking out from the fake hill, he slowly walked over to Old Geezer Xu.
Every family had guests whom they don’t welcome.
Old Geezer Xu was one of them.
Wang Chong couldn’t stand his arrogance.
“Hehe, back then, during the political change in the royal court, you hid in your own turtle shell, not daring to move at all. Only when everything was nearly settled did you send an army of troops over, earning yourself the title of Duke of Xu. Old geezer, if you aren’t a turtle, who else is?”
Walking over, Wang Chong didn’t mince his words at all. The nickname of ‘old turtle’ that he gave him in his previous life didn’t come from nowhere. In Wang Chong’s opinion, it wasn’t luck at all. The other party was just a coward, and the only reason why he managed to become the Duke of Xu was because he saw that the situation was settling down, and he made use of the opportunity to step out and earn himself merit.
“You stinky brat!”
Turning to look at Wang Chong, Old Geezer Xu’s body trembled, and his face became as red as a pig’s liver. Back then, during the political change, Xu Shao arrived late, and numerous people made use of this fact to attack him. It was his greatest sore spot.
He didn’t expect that Wang Chong would flip it out today.
“… You, come here! I promise that I won’t throw you over the wall!”
Wang Chong was no fool. Seeing Old Geezer Xu’s eyes turn red, he immediately retreated.
“Duke of Xu, since you’ve arrived, you should enter!”
At this moment, a calm voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
“Heh, little bastard, I’ll let you off for now on your grandfather’s account!”
Hearing the voice, Old Geezer Xu’s anger dissipated, and he roared in laughter. Flinging his sleeves, he tilted his head upward. With an arrogant expression saying ‘I won’t waste my time quarreling with a little brat like you’, he walked into the hall.
Behind him, the offsprings of Old Geezer Xu also copied his haughty attitude.
“That old turtle and little turtles truly share the same blood!”
Wang Chong criticized them in his mind.
The old fellow was of the same generation as the old master, and his qualifications made it impossible for Wang Chong to do anything about him. All he could do was to grab onto his sore spot and infuriate him.
“Little brat, the name you came up with is quite good. Judging from how distressed the old geezer looks, he seems to be exceptionally sensitive to it.”
Wang Zhu Yan walked over from the distance, and a smile slowly crept onto her face.
Old Geezer Xu was the typical uninvited guest that one would meet at a party, and it wasn’t the first time he had come over to cause trouble. He had already been visiting since Wang Zhu Yan was a child.
However, this was her first time seeing him getting so agitated to the point that his eyes turned red.
“The next time he dares to act impertinently here, we’ll call him old turtle together! Let’s see what he’ll do about that!”
Saying those words, Wang Zhu Yan couldn’t help but chuckle.
Wang Chong also laughed as well.
Honestly speaking, even though Old Geezer Xu’s behavior was unseemly for an elder, playing off his seniority and wreaking havoc at grandfather’s birthday banquet every year, he didn’t do anything much other than that.
Wang Chong’s impression of him wasn’t too bad. Just getting back at him by insulting him as an ‘old turtle’ was enough for him.
“Hmph!”
Just as Wang Chong was speaking with Wang Zhu Yan, no one noticed that the eldest granddaughter of the Ye Clan, Ye Yinping, was also looking at them. Harrumphing lightly, it was hard to tell what she was thinking of, but she suddenly approached the offsprings of Duke of Xu.
“Wang Chong!”
Suddenly, a loud bellow sounded. Instantly, everyone’s attention was captured by the voice. Turning around, Wang Chong saw a young and haughty figure stepping forth from the crowd.
“… Do you have the guts to battle with me?”
From afar, the person pointed a finger at Wang Chong and spoke with an overbearing tone.
For a brief instant, the entire Erudite Pavilion fell silent. This sudden shout has attracted the attention of all in the area.
Be it the Imperial Army guards, Cousin Wang Li and Wang Liang, big aunt, uncle, Duke of Hu, Elder Ma, Elder Zhao, Elder Sun, and their offsprings… Everyone turned to look at the commotion.